Dover Castle in the Twentieth Century
In the twentieth century the castle played an important role in both world wars. The castle was armed with anti-aircraft guns and searchlights, supplemented during the Second World War with Radar.
In May 1940, the evacuation of 338,000 allied soldiers from Dunkirk was directed from a command centre in the converted Georgian underground barracks, at Dover Castle. New tunnels were built to house an underground hospital and the combined headquarters for the three services.
After the war the army remained in the castle until 1958; five years later the whole of Dover Castle was handed over to the Ministry of Works for preservation.
Perhaps it's the castles long history or the violence that has surrounded it, that makes Dover castle one of the most haunted buildings in the UK. Dover Castle is associated with numerous ghosts and strange sounds.
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